There is more options available for autism treatments nowadays due to progress in biomedical research.
One of them worth mentioning is the combined treatment using chelation and GFCF (that is gluten-free, casein-free diet) to treat autism.
This is because in most of the autistic kids that is observed, there is a lack of certain enzymes to digest or break down the gluten and casein bonds, which are basic substances found in wheat and dairy respectively.
As a result, improperly digested proteins in foods will then travel through blood and enter the blood-brain barrier, causing disruption to the neuro-transmission and affects the child's behaviour, speech, motor function skills and attention.
It is further discovered that the lack of these digestive enzymes is most likely due to the presence of mercury that is causing the disruption.
In regard to removing mercury, chelation method is considered one of the endorsed alternative to treat autism.
The administration of chelating agent is usually by intravenous drip and one of the most common chelating agent is EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid).
While autism treatment using chelation is still highly controversial, there is quite significant success rate, ranging from minor to major improvement, and seeing results in months or even weeks.
Though the chelation treatment usually takes months to see any result, there are already hundreds of thousands of autistic kids being safely treated using chelation agent.
Another observation, when combining chelation treatment with GFCF diet, helps to shorten the recovery period.
This is because both treatments work together to give synergistic result, helping to improve the digestive system, correcting the GI tract, betters its self-detoxification system, therefore improves the absorption of nutrition.
With improved nutrition absorption, there comes better behavior, attention, self-awareness, and an overall healthier child.